Forest Governance Markets and Climate - Phase 2 (FGMC2) Facilitation Service

Concepts

• foreign economic aid
• forest resources
• improved forest stewardship
• forest sector policy
• named facilitators
• governance reforms
• country-based facilitators
• facilitation services
• forest-dependent people
• forest

Location

Description

Phase 2 of the Forest Governance, Markets and Climate (FGMC2) is a 10-year £500m programme that aims to reduce the illegal and unsustainable use of forest resources, while benefitting poor, forest-dependent people, especially Indigenous People and Local Communities. FGMC2 builds on a successful first phase (FGMC1: 2011-24) which provided evidence and strong foundational partnerships that drove governance reforms and improved forest stewardship. A first tranche of £220m was approved for the first 5 years of the programme (2024-29), with the balance to be approved by Ministers subject to a positive mid-term evaluation in 2029 and resource availability. The key delivery instruments for the programme are (i) Facilitation service, the subject of this procurement opportunity, (ii) the Programme Management Strategy and Support Team (PMSST), the contract for which has been awarded, and (iii) the Technical Assistance Portfolio Manager (TAPM) which is currently under tender evaluation . The Facilitation Service (contract value up to £15m) is designed to provide the services of politically astute, skilled and impartial facilitators to support multi stakeholder deliberations, at the invitation of government. The objective of the Facilitation Services contract is to establish and operate a Facilitation service with the capacity to deploy country-based facilitators who will help encourage and support national stakeholders in forest sector policy and legal reforms decision making, encouraging well-informed stakeholder deliberations in partner countries. FGMC2 will not operate in all countries (potentially in up to 16) from the outset and is unlikely to work with Facilitators simultaneously across all countries. The nature of the work delivered in each country will depend upon the country context and the strategies and theories developed for it. The first group of 7 countries that will require facilitation services is Ghana, Liberia, Republic of Congo, DRC, Cameroon, Papua New Guinea, and Guyana. Other countries (bringing the total up to 10 countries at any given time) are likely to be drawn from Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Vietnam, and as further scoping is carried out, potentially from Laos, Gabon, Cote d’Ivoire, Bolivia, Cambodia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Thailand. Scope is, therefore, restricted identifying named facilitators for the 7 confirmed countries, but cost for a total of 10 facilitators.

Renewal Options

The option of an extension is up to 60 months. The extension option will be at FCDO's sole discretion. In deciding whether the Contract should be extended, FCDO will have regard to the following non-exhaustive list of considerations: a) performance based on Review Points; b) ongoing future demand for interventions; c) interventions continuing to be live at the end of the term; d) the programme continuing to be an FCDO priority and aligned to geographic and thematic strategies; e) FCDO affordability assessment f) available funds through future Spending Reviews. g) subject to a business case addendum being approved by Ministers for the second 5 year period of FGMC2.

CPV Codes

• 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services

Indicators

• Renewals are available.

Other Information

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